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Henry Purcell, The Fairy Queen
- First Musick: Prelude
- First Musick: Hornpipe
- Second Musick: Air
- Second Musick: Rondeau
- I: Overture
- I: "Come, come let us leave the town"
- I: Scene of the Drunken Poet: "Fill up the bowl"
- I: First Act Tune: Jig
- II: "Come all ye songsters of the sky"
- II: Prelude
- II: "May the God of Wit inspire"
- II: Echo
- II: "Now join your Warbling Voices all"
- II: "Sing while we trip"
- II: "See, even Night herself is here"
- II: "I am come to lock all fast"
- II: "Hush, no more"
- II: Second Act Tune: Air
- III: "If love's a sweet passion"
- III: Dance of the Green Men
- III: "Ye gentle spirits of the Air"
- III: Coridon and Mospa Dialogue: "Now the maids and the men"
- III: "When I Have often heard"
- III: "A thousand, thousand several ways"
- IV: Symphony
- IV: "Now the night is chased away"
- IV: "Let the fifes, and the clarions"
- IV: Entry of Phoebus
- IV: "When a cruel long winter"
- IV: "Hail! Great Parent"
- IV: "Thus the ever Grateful spring"
- IV: "Here's the summer"
- IV: "See my many colour'd fields"
- IV: "Next winter comes slowly"
- IV: "Hail! Great Parent"
- IV: Fourth Act Tune: Air
- V: Epithalamium: "Thrice happy lovers"
- V: The Plaint: "Oh let me weep"
- V: Entry Dance
- V: "Thus the gloomy world"
- V: "Thus Happy and free"
- V: "Yes, Daphne"
- V: Monkey's dance
- V: "Hark! Now the echoing air"
- V: "Sure the dull God of marriage"
- V: Prelude
- V: "See, see, I obey"
- V: "Turn then thine eyes"
- V: "My torch, indeed"
- V: "They shall be as happy as they're fair"
- V: Chaconne: "Dance for a Chinese Man and Woman"

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opera Purcell's The Fairy Queen Jonathan Kent (stage director), William Christie (conductor) – With Lucy Crowe, Ed Lyon, Adrian Ward...

Jonathan Kent (stage director), William Christie (conductor) – With Lucy Crowe, Ed Lyon, Adrian Ward...

Purcell's The Fairy Queen Jonathan Kent (stage director), William Christie (conductor) – With Lucy Crowe, Ed Lyon, Adrian Ward...

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There are too many highlights to mention in this varied and infinitely delightful entertainment. Glyndebourne has a triumph on its hands.
The Stage

Glyndebourne

Cast

Jonathan Kent | Stage director
Paul Brown | Set designer
Mark Henderson | Lighting
Kim Brandstrup | Choreographer

Singers:
Lucy Crowe | Soprano
Claire Debono | Soprano
Anna Devin | Soprano
Helen-Jane Howells | Soprano
Rachel Redmond | Soprano
Carolyn Sampson | Soprano
Robert Burt | Tenor
Sean Clayton | Tenor
Ed Lyon | Tenor
Adrian Ward | Tenor
Lukas Kargl | Baritone
John Mackenzie | Baritone
Desmond Barrit | Bass
Andrew Foster-Williams | Bass

Actors:
Sally Dexter | Titania
Joseph Millson | Oberon
Desmond Barrit | Bottom
Jotham Annan | Puck
Susannah Wise | Hermia
Helen Bradbury | Helena
Oliver Le Suer | Demetrius
Oliver Kieran Jones | Lysander

The Glyndebourne Chorus
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
William Christie | Music director

Program

Henry Purcell, The Fairy Queen
- First Musick: Prelude
- First Musick: Hornpipe
- Second Musick: Air
- Second Musick: Rondeau
- I: Overture
- I: "Come, come let us leave the town"
- I: Scene of the Drunken Poet: "Fill up the bowl"
- I: First Act Tune: Jig
- II: "Come all ye songsters of the sky"
- II: Prelude
- II: "May the God of Wit inspire"
- II: Echo
- II: "Now join your Warbling Voices all"
- II: "Sing while we trip"
- II: "See, even Night herself is here"
- II: "I am come to lock all fast"
- II: "Hush, no more"
- II: Second Act Tune: Air
- III: "If love's a sweet passion"
- III: Dance of the Green Men
- III: "Ye gentle spirits of the Air"
- III: Coridon and Mospa Dialogue: "Now the maids and the men"
- III: "When I Have often heard"
- III: "A thousand, thousand several ways"
- IV: Symphony
- IV: "Now the night is chased away"
- IV: "Let the fifes, and the clarions"
- IV: Entry of Phoebus
- IV: "When a cruel long winter"
- IV: "Hail! Great Parent"
- IV: "Thus the ever Grateful spring"
- IV: "Here's the summer"
- IV: "See my many colour'd fields"
- IV: "Next winter comes slowly"
- IV: "Hail! Great Parent"
- IV: Fourth Act Tune: Air
- V: Epithalamium: "Thrice happy lovers"
- V: The Plaint: "Oh let me weep"
- V: Entry Dance
- V: "Thus the gloomy world"
- V: "Thus Happy and free"
- V: "Yes, Daphne"
- V: Monkey's dance
- V: "Hark! Now the echoing air"
- V: "Sure the dull God of marriage"
- V: Prelude
- V: "See, see, I obey"
- V: "Turn then thine eyes"
- V: "My torch, indeed"
- V: "They shall be as happy as they're fair"
- V: Chaconne: "Dance for a Chinese Man and Woman"

Details

Directed by:
- François Roussillon
Venue: Glyndebourne (Lewes, Great Britain)
Production date: 2009
Recording date: 17-19/07/2009
Duration: 3 h 31 min
Production: © NHK / Mezzo / Glyndebourne Enterprises Ltd / François Roussillon et Associés
Available version(s): EN
Available subtitle(s) : FR, EN, DE, ES

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